The Longwood Lancers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Longwood University, located in Farmville, Virginia. The University's 18 men’s and women’s teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. Since 2012, the Lancers have been a member of the Big South Conference.
In March 2022, the Longwood Lancers men's basketball and women's basketball teams won Big South Tournament titles, punching the first tickets to the NCAA basketball tournament in the school’s Division I history. Only three times in Big South Conference history has the same institution claimed the men's and women's basketball titles in the same year. Both teams also won regular-season titles in the 2021-2022 season, with the men's team in sole possession of first place and the women's team tied for first. In 2024, the Lancers won the Big South men's basketball tournament for the second time in three years and earned a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament.
Since joining the Big South, the Longwood softball team has won five Big South tournament crowns and three regular-season titles. The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament four times.
The Lancer mascot is Elwood, a horse, and the official logo features a horse’s head atop a lance. The Lancers' fight song is "Hail to Longwood U."
Sports sponsored
Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Field hockey Golf Golf Soccer Lacrosse Tennis Soccer Track and field† Softball Tennis Track and field† Volleyball (2028)
Conference affiliations
1972–73 to 1981–82: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 1976–77 to 1980–81: NCAA Division III Independent 1981–82 to 1982–83: NCAA Division II Independent 1983–84 to 1987–88: Mason–Dixon Conference 1988–89 to 1994–95: NCAA Division II Independent 1995–96 to 2002–03: Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference 2003–04: NCAA Division II Independent 2004–05 to 2011–12: NCAA Division I Independent 2012–13 to present: Big South Conference
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Championships
Men's Basketball
Big South Tournament Championships (2): 2022, 2024 Big South Regular Season Championships (1): 2022
Women's Basketball
Big South Tournament Championships (1): 2022 Big South Regular Season Championships (1): 2022 (tied for first place)
Softball
Big South Tournament Championships (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Big South Regular Season Championships (5): 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
Baseball
Division II South Atlantic Regional Championship (1): 1991
Men's Soccer
Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament Championship (2): 2008, 2011
Women's Lacrosse
National Lacrosse Conference Championship (2): 2009, 2010
Women's Golf
Division II National Golf Coaches Association National Championships (4): 1987-88, 1990, 1993, 1995
Men's Golf
Big South Tournament Championship (1): 2023 Women's Tennis
Big South Regular Season Championship (1): 2026
Longwood in the NCAA Tournament Men's Basketball 2022 #14 South First round #3 Tennessee L 56–88 2024 #16 South First round #1 Houston L 46–86
Women's Basketball 2022 #16 First FourFirst round #16 Mount St. Mary's#1 NC State W, 74-70L, 68–96
Softball 2013 0–2 Knoxville Regional 2015 1–2 Knoxville Regional 2016 2–2 Harrisonburg Regional 2017 2–2 Knoxville Regional 2019 0–2 Knoxville Regional Totals 5–10
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